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Pulmonary vascular abnormalities and ventilation-perfusion relationships in mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 1994

J A Barberà, and A Riverola, and J Roca, and J Ramirez, and P D Wagner, and D Ros, and B R Wiggs, and R Rodriguez-Roisin
Department of Medicine (Servei de Pneumologia), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.

Morphologic changes in pulmonary muscular arteries may modify the mechanisms that regulate the pulmonary vascular tone and contribute to maintaining an adequate ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) matching in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To analyze the relationships between the abnormalities of pulmonary muscular arteries and the degree of VA/Q inequality, and to assess the effect of these abnormalities on the changes in VA/Q relationships induced by oxygen breathing, we studied a group of patients with mild COPD undergoing resective lung surgery. According to the degree of airflow obstruction and the increase in VA/Q mismatch produced by 100% O2 breathing (delta logSD Q), patients were divided into three groups: (A) patients with normal lung function, (B) patients with airflow obstruction and a high response to oxygen (delta logSD Q > 0.4), and (C) patients with airflow obstruction and a low response to oxygen (delta logSD Q < 0.4). Pulmonary arteries in Groups B and C showed narrower lumens and thicker walls than in Group A. These morphologic changes were produced mainly by an enlargement of the intimal layer and were more pronounced in Group C than in Group B. The assessment of intimal area as a function of artery diameter showed that the increase in intima in Group C took place predominantly in arteries with small diameters (< 500 microns). The mean intimal area on each subject correlated with both the PaO2 value (r = -0.46, p < 0.05) and the overall index of VA/Q mismatching (r = 0.51, p < 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008173 Lung Diseases, Obstructive Any disorder marked by obstruction of conducting airways of the lung. AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION may be acute, chronic, intermittent, or persistent. Obstructive Lung Diseases,Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases,Lung Disease, Obstructive,Obstructive Lung Disease,Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,Pulmonary Disease, Obstructive,Pulmonary Diseases, Obstructive
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011651 Pulmonary Artery The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. Arteries, Pulmonary,Artery, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Arteries
D011652 Pulmonary Circulation The circulation of the BLOOD through the LUNGS. Pulmonary Blood Flow,Respiratory Circulation,Circulation, Pulmonary,Circulation, Respiratory,Blood Flow, Pulmonary,Flow, Pulmonary Blood,Pulmonary Blood Flows
D011659 Pulmonary Gas Exchange The exchange of OXYGEN and CARBON DIOXIDE between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood that occurs across the BLOOD-AIR BARRIER. Exchange, Pulmonary Gas,Gas Exchange, Pulmonary
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014692 Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio The ratio of alveolar ventilation to simultaneous alveolar capillary blood flow in any part of the lung. (Stedman, 25th ed) Ratio, Ventilation-Perfusion,Ratios, Ventilation-Perfusion,Ventilation Perfusion Ratio,Ventilation-Perfusion Ratios
D017539 Tunica Intima The innermost layer of an artery or vein, made up of one layer of endothelial cells and supported by an internal elastic lamina. Internal Elastic Lamella,Internal Elastic Lamina,Tunica Intima Vasorum,Vascular Intima,Arterial Intima,Venous Intima,Arterial Intimas,Elastic Lamella, Internal,Elastic Lamina, Internal,Internal Elastic Laminas,Intima, Arterial,Intima, Vascular,Intima, Venous,Lamella, Internal Elastic,Lamina, Internal Elastic,Vascular Intimas,Venous Intimas

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